Baller sunvalleylaw Posted July 9, 2012 Baller Share Posted July 9, 2012 Let's see it. Where do you spend most of your time skiing? Here is where I have skied most the last several years. I did get an invite to a private ski lake with a course next week, so I hope to start spending some time there, but this place doesn't suck for free skiing if you get up before the other boats. This is Redfish Lake, near Stanley, Idaho. About and hour from where I live. @Oldskeer, this is where most of those comp boats you saw in Hailey go, though some go to the other mountain lakes nearby. This is the jewel though. You are looking at the bay we ski into. From about here, way back in there, then back out. Pretty good wind shadow, and usually less boat traffic, though after 11 on a weekend day, time to break out the tubes and the wakeboard. http://i174.photobucket.com/albums/w92/sunvalleylaw/redfish.jpg Water is pretty dang clear. (Yes, that is my old outboard I currently ski behind) When we first moved, I felt almost bad about putting in here it is such a nice mountain lake. Named "Redfish" as salmon have always come back to spawn here. The native runs are struggling, due to dams on the lower snake and columbia and other factors, but some make it back. http://i174.photobucket.com/albums/w92/sunvalleylaw/IMG_0735.jpg Boys having fun! http://i174.photobucket.com/albums/w92/sunvalleylaw/Derek.jpg http://i174.photobucket.com/albums/w92/sunvalleylaw/dane.jpg It makes me very happy to ski here with my family. Where is your place? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller sunvalleylaw Posted July 9, 2012 Author Baller Share Posted July 9, 2012 Bump. Come on, show me some pics of where you love to ski. :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller_ Jody_Seal Posted July 9, 2012 Baller_ Share Posted July 9, 2012 Here Ya go! not a lot of Scenery other then trees and gators! but a couple of miles away is the worlds most beautiful beaches! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller skibug Posted July 9, 2012 Baller Share Posted July 9, 2012 Little Mountian Lake #2, Maiden NC.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller Roger Posted July 9, 2012 Baller Share Posted July 9, 2012 There are a couple of pictures on our home website's index page: okeeski.com/index.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Klundell Posted July 9, 2012 Share Posted July 9, 2012 Pioneer Lake. Plain City, UT. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller jipster43 Posted July 9, 2012 Baller Share Posted July 9, 2012 This is Lake Cushman in the Olympic Mountains where I grew up skiing: http://i632.photobucket.com/albums/uu45/jipster43/IMG_0386.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller jipster43 Posted July 9, 2012 Baller Share Posted July 9, 2012 This is Otter Tail Lake in Willow Creek, MT where I am finally LEARNING to ski! http://i632.photobucket.com/albums/uu45/jipster43/DSCN5032.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller SkiJay Posted July 9, 2012 Baller Share Posted July 9, 2012 Predator Bay, Calgary, Alberta, Canada http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1530989/Waterskiing/BOS/aerial4.jpg Predator Bay, Calgary, Alberta, Canada http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1530989/Waterskiing/BOS/Photo%20Jun%2028%2C%208%2027%2051%20AM.jpg Isles of Lake Hancock and Lake Hancock, WinterGarden, Florida, USA http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1530989/Waterskiing/BOS/Hancock.JPG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller ForrestGump Posted July 9, 2012 Baller Share Posted July 9, 2012 @skibug - You guys ever heard of those things called weed eaters? ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller rodltg2 Posted July 9, 2012 Baller Share Posted July 9, 2012 Pleasant Oaks, Near Sacto Ca. http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b265/rodltg2/IMG_0435.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cwillygood Posted July 9, 2012 Share Posted July 9, 2012 Home Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller swc5150 Posted July 9, 2012 Baller Share Posted July 9, 2012 View from my dock... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller_ The_MS Posted July 9, 2012 Baller_ Share Posted July 9, 2012 Trophy lake Estates 2, Pine Island, Minn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RB Posted July 9, 2012 Share Posted July 9, 2012 A small place ten minutes from work. Where I go every lunch hour now through early oct. There's another course behind the view here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryno Posted July 9, 2012 Share Posted July 9, 2012 Shoalhaven River, South Coast NSW, Australia Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryno Posted July 9, 2012 Share Posted July 9, 2012 ...and the secret location of my slalom course Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller slalomboy96 Posted July 9, 2012 Baller Share Posted July 9, 2012 The Back Water, Lake karapiro, Cambridge NZ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller MattP Posted July 9, 2012 Baller Share Posted July 9, 2012 @slalomboy96 do explain the excess buoys.. I'm a bit confused. All but one of your turn balls are green. I'm cool with that but the others running down the side got me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryno Posted July 9, 2012 Share Posted July 9, 2012 Lake Karapiro slalom course is my favorite... When I skiied there before Christmas we were going boat about with Aaron Larkin and Garth Milicich. Awesome day! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryno Posted July 9, 2012 Share Posted July 9, 2012 @MattP Those green buoys are the mini course, look again and you'll see the turn buoys outside them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller MattP Posted July 9, 2012 Baller Share Posted July 9, 2012 @Ryno so the turn buoys are white. ok why are there 8 on each side... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryno Posted July 9, 2012 Share Posted July 9, 2012 @MattP No the turn buoys are the orange ones... Not sure why the white ones have been added in between, they weren't there when I last skiied at Karapiro. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller MattP Posted July 9, 2012 Baller Share Posted July 9, 2012 Wait I think they have a reverse course.. very cool Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller ForrestGump Posted July 10, 2012 Baller Share Posted July 10, 2012 Holy cow, that's a lot of damn buoys! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller akale15 Posted July 10, 2012 Baller Share Posted July 10, 2012 @Ryno I was in Australia this past December visiting a friend I met at school. Greatly enjoyed my trip but and hope to one day return and have the possibility to ski in your country. Such a fun experience and cant wait till I can make it back. It sure is a neat country. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryno Posted July 10, 2012 Share Posted July 10, 2012 @akale15 Yeah I can't think of anywhere better to live. It's the middle of winter here now, and my local ski spot still has a water temp of around 16 deg C, so with the help of a dry suit/long wetsuit you can comfortably ski all year round. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller akale15 Posted July 10, 2012 Baller Share Posted July 10, 2012 @Ryno - that would be awesome! i stayed on the Gold Coast when i was there. so much to see and do i wish i had more time when I was there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller tjm Posted July 10, 2012 Baller Share Posted July 10, 2012 NW suburban Chicago, Illinois Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller sunvalleylaw Posted July 10, 2012 Author Baller Share Posted July 10, 2012 So many great little hidden away ski spots. Nice! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller sunvalleylaw Posted July 10, 2012 Author Baller Share Posted July 10, 2012 Nice pics guys! @jipster43, I have been to Lake Cushman and I think skied there. I also skied at some other little lake on KPN with a course one time, behind a stars and bars boat. Cant tell you where now. I grew up skiing in the Tacoma area. Other than around Fox Island, this is where I grew up skiing. http://i174.photobucket.com/albums/w92/sunvalleylaw/Horsehead-2.jpg First, as a "visitor" on the sand spit you see across the small bay, then from my folk's house and the dock on the left in the foreground. Cushman would be straight across the more open bay, (Carr Inlett), and further onto the peninsula toward the Olympics you can see if the day is clear). Puget Sound area skiing is awesome! Glad you are having fun and learning in MT now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SDNAH2OSKIER Posted July 10, 2012 Share Posted July 10, 2012 From our dock cottonwood bay, CDA lake, Idaho Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller jipster43 Posted July 10, 2012 Baller Share Posted July 10, 2012 @sunvalleylaw I grew up in The 'Burn (Auburn) and skied at Lake Tapps when I wasn't skiing at Lake Cushman. I lived in Olympia when I was in college and moved to Tacoma for a year after I graduated. So I'm pretty well versed in the south end! I still get back to Lake Cushman for a week in August. This year my visit will coincide with a tournament at Rainier Lake and possibly a couple at Broho - depending on my wife's tolerance levels! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller sunvalleylaw Posted July 10, 2012 Author Baller Share Posted July 10, 2012 @jipster43, I was a University Place kid, then later out at Horsehead. I never skied at Tapps, but knew it well. If I were to move back, it would be somewhere in the south end. The sound is so much better there, and there are lots of other good places to ski too. I never made it into a tourney, nor onto broho or the other purpose built lakes. Maybe some day! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller_ RichardDoane Posted July 10, 2012 Baller_ Share Posted July 10, 2012 Ski Park Lake, Orting Washington, early enough on Sunday that it was still undisturbed, water temp. about 72'F Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller slalomboy96 Posted July 10, 2012 Baller Share Posted July 10, 2012 Our course runs the bouy arms across the whole course and the white ones keep the course floating level (placed opposite the turn bouys), it gets pretty deep there so we run a 4 wire course. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller MarkTimm Posted July 11, 2012 Baller Share Posted July 11, 2012 The Gravel Pit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller gregy Posted July 11, 2012 Baller Share Posted July 11, 2012 This is where I ski. Frameswitch ski lakes north of Austin Tx. Skied here in the late 80s and early 90s and just started back last year. It's kinda of a mud hole compared to all those beautiful places above but its just a few miles from my house and leases are very reasonable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller sunvalleylaw Posted July 11, 2012 Author Baller Share Posted July 11, 2012 @Gravelski, very cool! Looks like it could be near Enumclaw? Just a guess from a curious former western WA guy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller thager Posted July 11, 2012 Baller Share Posted July 11, 2012 Reeds Lake South Canada. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller teammalibu Posted July 11, 2012 Baller Share Posted July 11, 2012 @tjm Hey Tom that sure brings back the memories. Say hi to Laurie for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller Up North Posted July 11, 2012 Baller Share Posted July 11, 2012 The old gravel pit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crashman Posted July 11, 2012 Share Posted July 11, 2012 another gravel pit- this one's known as the waterbowl Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller JDM Posted July 11, 2012 Baller Share Posted July 11, 2012 ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller sunvalleylaw Posted July 11, 2012 Author Baller Share Posted July 11, 2012 @JDM, nice! What state is that in? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller xrated Posted July 11, 2012 Baller Share Posted July 11, 2012 Lake Minnewawa, MN http://i244.photobucket.com/albums/gg9/yz125x/Fall%20Vacation%202008/IMG_1921.jpg http://i244.photobucket.com/albums/gg9/yz125x/Fall%20Vacation%202008/IMG_1915.jpg http://i812.photobucket.com/albums/zz45/minnewawa/IMAG0161.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller xrated Posted July 11, 2012 Baller Share Posted July 11, 2012 And in contrast a few winter shots http://i812.photobucket.com/albums/zz45/minnewawa/IMAG0627.jpg This is how we do New Years on the lake, big brush pile and walk onto the ice to watch fireworks. So cold this night that the beer froze if we didn't keep it by the fire. Within a minute of opening it was a slushy. http://i812.photobucket.com/albums/zz45/minnewawa/DSC01390.jpg http://i812.photobucket.com/albums/zz45/minnewawa/DSC01393.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller_ The_MS Posted July 11, 2012 Baller_ Share Posted July 11, 2012 Grain Belt Premium Rocks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller robscholl-OF Posted July 12, 2012 Baller Share Posted July 12, 2012 The BroHo, Graham WA........OF Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller GAJ0004 Posted July 12, 2012 Baller Share Posted July 12, 2012 This is just off the end of our dock. This is the 1994 Ski Nautique I always talk about. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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